Michael Metzger

Mesa Partners, Inc. provides advisory services. It offers marketing, management, financial, government, and web business development services. The company was founded by Mitchell Sacks in 1972 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Regado Biosciences, Inc. is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the discovery and development of therapies in cardiovascular medicine using actively controlled aptamer technology. The company is focusing on new products for antithrombotic indications in the acute care and sub-acute care therapeutic setting. Its paired aptamer-active control agent technology is designed to give physicians the ability to directly control the degree of antithrombotic activity in real time on a "per patient, per setting" basis. The company's clinical programs are specifically concentrated on acute and sub-acute care injectable anticoagulants. Regado Biosciences was founded by Eli Gilboa, Bruce A. Sullenger and Christopher P. Rusconi on December 19, 2001 and is headquartered in Basking Ridge, NJ.

Forest Laboratories, Inc. is engaged in the development, manufacture, and sale of branded forms of drug products. Its products include Bystolic, which is used to decrease heart rate and myocardial contractility; Daliresp, which is used to reduce the risk of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease exacerbation; Linzess, which is used in the treatment of irritable bowel syndrome with constipation and chronic idiopathic constipation; and Namenda, which is used in the treatment of moderate to severe dementia. The company was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Tobira Therapeutics, Inc. operates as a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. The company was founded on October 6, 2006 and is headquartered in Madison, NJ.

CTI BioPharma Corp. is a biopharmaceutical company, which engages in the development, acquisition, and commercialization of novel targeted therapies for blood-related cancers. It focuses on evaluating pacritinib, its sole product candidate currently in active development, for the treatment of adult patients with myelofibrosis. The company was founded by James A. Bianco, Jack W. Singer, and Louis A. Bianco in September 1991 and is headquartered in Seattle, WA.